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  building 
  mounds 
  in 
  the 
  adjacent 
  areas 
  ; 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  rule, 
  mound- 
  

   building 
  termites 
  do 
  not 
  attack 
  growing 
  crops. 
  

  

  Cholam 
  suffered 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  mites 
  ; 
  the 
  pest 
  was 
  checked 
  

   by 
  a 
  Coccinellid 
  beetle, 
  which 
  devours 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  mite 
  ; 
  no 
  

   remedial 
  measures 
  have 
  yet 
  been 
  devised 
  ; 
  a 
  similar 
  mite, 
  attacking 
  

   sugar-cane 
  seedlings, 
  was 
  controlled 
  by 
  dusting 
  with 
  flowers 
  of 
  sulphur. 
  

  

  Broods 
  of 
  Eri 
  silkworms 
  (Attacus 
  ricini, 
  Boisd.) 
  were 
  kept 
  through 
  

   the 
  year, 
  but 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  Coimbatore 
  is 
  too 
  dry 
  to 
  suit 
  the 
  insect. 
  

   Steps 
  were 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  the 
  mulberry 
  

   silk 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  Kollegal 
  district. 
  A 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  univoltine 
  

   mulberry 
  silkworm 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  Pusa 
  were 
  reared, 
  but 
  proved 
  

   unsuccessful. 
  

  

  Two 
  cases 
  of 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  living 
  insect-pests 
  with 
  sugar-cane 
  

   sent 
  from 
  Antigua 
  and 
  from 
  Java 
  were 
  met 
  with 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  closes 
  with 
  some 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  future 
  development 
  of 
  

   entomological 
  work 
  in 
  Madras 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  urged 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  work 
  of 
  

   the 
  Government 
  Entomologist 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  groups 
  : 
  — 
  (a) 
  

   general 
  routine 
  work, 
  (b) 
  research 
  in 
  agricultural 
  entomology, 
  and 
  (c) 
  

   research 
  in 
  medical 
  and 
  veterinary 
  entomology, 
  and 
  that 
  each 
  should 
  

   occupy 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  one 
  man's 
  time 
  ; 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  doing 
  justice 
  

   to 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  branches 
  is 
  pointed 
  out 
  as 
  being 
  very 
  great 
  for 
  one 
  

   man 
  alone, 
  while 
  the 
  need 
  for 
  research 
  is 
  emphasised 
  by 
  the 
  citation 
  of 
  

   cases 
  in 
  which 
  valuable 
  crops 
  have 
  suffered 
  serious 
  damage 
  through 
  a 
  

   lack 
  of 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  means 
  of 
  protection. 
  

  

  Chittenden 
  (F. 
  H.). 
  The 
  Abutilon 
  Moth. 
  — 
  Bur. 
  Entom. 
  U.S. 
  Dept. 
  

   Agric, 
  Washington, 
  D.C., 
  Bull. 
  126, 
  6th 
  Dec. 
  1913, 
  10 
  pp., 
  5 
  pis. 
  

  

  During 
  September 
  1909, 
  many 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  the 
  abutilon 
  

   moth 
  (Cosmophila 
  erosa, 
  Hb.) 
  defoliated 
  okra, 
  hollyhock, 
  and 
  abutilon 
  

   on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Truck 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  The 
  insect 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  serious 
  pest. 
  Hollyhocks 
  and 
  

   abutilon 
  were 
  attacked 
  throughout 
  the 
  following 
  November. 
  Early 
  

   in 
  August 
  1912, 
  the 
  author 
  noticed 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  grounds 
  

   of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  seriously 
  injuring 
  abutilon. 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  F. 
  Strauss 
  collected 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  August 
  1912, 
  on 
  okra 
  

   {Hibiscus 
  esculentus) 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D.C. 
  In 
  all 
  cases 
  observed 
  the 
  

   12-spotted 
  cucumber 
  beetle 
  (Diabrotica 
  12-punctata, 
  Oliv.) 
  caused 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  damage, 
  while 
  ants 
  also 
  invaded 
  the 
  open 
  bolls, 
  which 
  they 
  

   were 
  devouring. 
  In 
  the 
  author's 
  experience 
  abutilon 
  is 
  preferred 
  to 
  

   hollyhock. 
  The 
  insect 
  does 
  not 
  spread 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  extent, 
  and 
  Hibiscus 
  

   may 
  not 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  its 
  natural 
  food-plant. 
  A 
  list 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  names 
  under 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  ; 
  in 
  

   literature 
  it 
  has 
  generally 
  been 
  mentioned 
  as 
  Anomis 
  erosa, 
  Hb. 
  The 
  

   moth 
  very 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  cotton 
  moth 
  {Alabama 
  argillacea). 
  

  

  Experiments 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  infested 
  abutilon 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  

   spray 
  formula 
  : 
  — 
  Nicotin 
  sulphate 
  (40 
  per 
  cent.) 
  -| 
  oz., 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  

   J 
  lb., 
  lukewarm 
  water 
  5 
  gals. 
  The 
  soap 
  was 
  thoroughly 
  dissolved 
  in 
  

   the 
  5 
  gals, 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  the 
  solution, 
  after 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  the 
  nicotin, 
  

   was 
  thoroughly 
  agitated. 
  During 
  calm, 
  clear 
  weather 
  the 
  plants 
  were 
  

   sprayed 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  while 
  some 
  dew 
  remained 
  on 
  them, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  spray 
  or 
  mist 
  from 
  all 
  sides. 
  Two 
  days 
  after 
  this 
  

   treatment 
  about 
  90 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  dead. 
  Four 
  or 
  five 
  

  

  